Spiritual: Shbet HaGadaul.
SHABBAT HAGADOL:
The Shabbat preceding Pesach is called, Shabbat Hagadol.
At the time of the coming out of Egypt, the 10th of Nisan
was the day when every family had to take a lamb and tie it
to its bed until the sacrifice on the 14th of Nisan. That year,
the 10th of Nisan fell on Shabbat and since then we
celebrate the Shabbat before Pesach as the Great Shabbat.
The Midrash Rabbah on Exodus 8:22 tells us again the
following story:
When the Quodesh One, blessed be He, told Moshe to slay the
paschal lamb, Moshe answered: "YHWH of the Universe! How
can I possibly do this thing? Do You not know that the lamb
is the Egyptian god? As it says: If we sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not
stone us?" YHWH replied: "As you live, Israel will not depart
from here before they slaughter the Egyptian gods before
their very eyes, that I may teach them that their gods are
really nothing at all.'"
This is what He [Elohim ] actually did, for on that night He slew
the Egyptian firstborn and on that night the Israelites
slaughtered their paschal lamb and ate it. When the
Egyptians beheld their firstborn slain and their gods
slaughtered, they could do nothing, as it says: While the
Egyptians were burying them that YHWH had smitten
among them, even all their firstborn; upon their gods also
YHWH executed judgment. (Midrash Rabbah – Exodus
16:3)
Another approach sees Shabbat HaGadol as originated from
the following verse, drawn from the Haftarah:
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming
of the great and awesome day of YHWH . (Malachi 3:23)
The great and awesome day of YHWH speaks about the
Final Redemption. Pesach is the symbol of the Deliverance
and the Talmud in Rosh Hashanah 11a, teaches that "Rabbi
Yehoshua says: "In Nissan the world was created ... the
bondage of our ancestors ceased in Egypt; and in Nissan
they will be redeemed in time to come."
A first step was done with Yeshua, we are expecting His
return for the Final Rédemption. May He come speedily: Rev
22:20 "The one who is testifying to these things says, 'Yes, I
am coming soon!'"
Amein ! Come, Melek HaMoshiach Yeshua!
Shabbat shalom
The Shabbat preceding Pesach is called, Shabbat Hagadol.
At the time of the coming out of Egypt, the 10th of Nisan
was the day when every family had to take a lamb and tie it
to its bed until the sacrifice on the 14th of Nisan. That year,
the 10th of Nisan fell on Shabbat and since then we
celebrate the Shabbat before Pesach as the Great Shabbat.
The Midrash Rabbah on Exodus 8:22 tells us again the
following story:
When the Quodesh One, blessed be He, told Moshe to slay the
paschal lamb, Moshe answered: "YHWH of the Universe! How
can I possibly do this thing? Do You not know that the lamb
is the Egyptian god? As it says: If we sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not
stone us?" YHWH replied: "As you live, Israel will not depart
from here before they slaughter the Egyptian gods before
their very eyes, that I may teach them that their gods are
really nothing at all.'"
This is what He [Elohim ] actually did, for on that night He slew
the Egyptian firstborn and on that night the Israelites
slaughtered their paschal lamb and ate it. When the
Egyptians beheld their firstborn slain and their gods
slaughtered, they could do nothing, as it says: While the
Egyptians were burying them that YHWH had smitten
among them, even all their firstborn; upon their gods also
YHWH executed judgment. (Midrash Rabbah – Exodus
16:3)
Another approach sees Shabbat HaGadol as originated from
the following verse, drawn from the Haftarah:
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming
of the great and awesome day of YHWH . (Malachi 3:23)
The great and awesome day of YHWH speaks about the
Final Redemption. Pesach is the symbol of the Deliverance
and the Talmud in Rosh Hashanah 11a, teaches that "Rabbi
Yehoshua says: "In Nissan the world was created ... the
bondage of our ancestors ceased in Egypt; and in Nissan
they will be redeemed in time to come."
A first step was done with Yeshua, we are expecting His
return for the Final Rédemption. May He come speedily: Rev
22:20 "The one who is testifying to these things says, 'Yes, I
am coming soon!'"
Amein ! Come, Melek HaMoshiach Yeshua!
Shabbat shalom
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